Can opener and closure.



J. FOUNTAIN.

CAN OPENER AND CLOSURE.

APYLIOATION FILED SEPT. 25, 1912.

LGMfiUMQQ Patented May13,1913.

1 m f g9 6 9 W 2 WITNESSES: IN VEN T0 piarrn WM tllii ttllltt JEROMEFGUNTMN, OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.

CAN OPENER AND CLOSURE.

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Speeiflcation'ol Letters Patent.

Patented llfiay Ltd, 11913.

Application filed September a5, 1912. Serial No. mama.

such full and clear terms as will enable those skilled in the art toconstruo'. and use the same.

This invention relates to a device for opening condensed milk cans, andits object is to provide an opener which can also be used for thepurpose of scaling the openings produced until it is desired to againpour liquid from the can.

It will be understood that large quantities of condensed milk and otherliquids are sold in cans, which cans are usually opened by punching twoholes therein at opposite sides of the can. When the liquid is pouredfrom the openings in the can it becomes smeared around the opening moreor less and if allowed to stand around for any length of time, flieslight upon it and thus poison the product.

l/Vith this invention a device for covering up the openings to preventflies from having access thereto and to prevent dirt from fallingtherein, thus keeping the product clean.

fin the drawings in "which the same nu moral of reference is applied. tothesame is provided portion throughout the several views, Fig

ure 1 18 a side elevationof a can having this opening device appliedthereto, Fig. 2 1s a plan view of the device attached to the can,

Fig 3 1s a plan view of the device attached to the can and showing thetwo openings covered when the can is to be set away, and Fig. 4 is aside elevation of the opener.

The numeral 1 indicates the can, which may be of any desired size, towhich the opener is applied. The opener comprises a spring 2 having apointed punch 23 secured thereto above which is a small knob 4: to

punch the punch 3 through'the metal of the can. The spring 2 pivotallysecured to a plate 5, which plate is provided with ends 6 and 7 tosecure the opener releasably hooked a to the can top. In order to removethe opener from the can top, the hooked end 7 is provided with anextension 8 to act as a handle. The plate 5 and spring 2 are bothplvotally secured to a cover plate 9. This cover plate has openings 10and 11 therein and has a portion of its edge bent down as shown at 12and 13 to hold it centrally in place on thee-an top, and also to aiiordmeans whereby the cover may be rotated over the openings produced in thecan. .The manner of operating the device is indicated in l igs. 2 and 3.I

It will be seen that the cover plate 9 is releasahly attached to the cantop ll'Y means of the bar 5 and holes are punched in the can adjacentthe openings 10 and 11 oi the cover )late. The punch is then removed.

from tie holes in the can by the spring. When it is desired "to set thecan away for a time, the cover plate is rotated a small amount: asindicated in Fig. 3, so that both of the openings produced in the canare com plctely covered, thus preventing dirt and flies from havingaccess thereto. When it.

is desired to use the product in the can the cover plate may he returnedto the position iudicatoi'l in Fig. 2 and if the procuct has gumnied upthe openings therein, it may he readily cleaned by inseriing the punch 3in each opening.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Lctlei-s Patent oi. the United States, is asfollows:

1. In a can opener and closure therefor a cover plate having notches cuttherein, means to secure the cover plate to a can, and a punch pivotallymounted u on said cover plate so that it may he movec ti) a positionadjacent each of the notches in said cover plate, substantially asdescribed.

2. In a can opener and closure therefor, a

cover plate having notches at the edgesthereof, means to hold the samecentrally with respect to a can upon which it may e my hand this lfithday of September AID.

plasefi, bar pivotallfimoufited upon said h 1912, in t 6 Love? forr-e'ieasm y securing the cover presence of the two subscribed piaws wthe can, and a pivo taily mounted witnesses. punch adapted to bepresented to each of; JEROME FOUNTAIN. *U'he Elsi-shes in thecqverpla'te, substantially .Witnesses:

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